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Engagement

Bruce Levitt awarded inaugural Engaged Scholar Prize

Cornell Chronicle

Professor of performing and media arts Bruce Levitt is the inaugural recipient of Cornell’s Engaged Scholar Prize, Vice Provost Judith Appleton announced May 11.

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Identity

Humanists explore dimensions of identity

Arts & Sciences Communications

Identity goes far beyond belonging to a particular group according to race, religion or sexual orientation, faculty say, and it's more complicated today than ever before.

Jewish Studies

Jonathan Boyarin elected to AAJR

Arts & Sciences Communications

Jonathan Boyarin, the Hendrix Director of Jewish Studies, the Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies and professor of anthropology, has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research (AAJR). The AAJR was founded in 1919 and includes about one hundred of the most eminent scholars of Jewish Studies in North America.

Migration

Migration, immigration and refugees today

Arts & Sciences Communications

Migration is one of the major forces shaping the world today, with more than 60 million displaced people.“Never in history have we seen this many simultaneous displacements across the globe and these people are not going home any time soon,” says Mostafa Minawi, assistant professor of history and Himan Brown Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow. “This is a global population redistribution and it will hit us whether we like it or not.”

"Boring" Summer Plans

By: Christopher-James Llego '17

Contemporary Art

Engaged Art and Its Critique

Arts & Sciences Communications

Artists today engage with a world very different from that of their predecessors: globally connected, technologically advanced and highly diverse. In the last fifty years the Western canon has been displaced as the benchmark for “good” and worthwhile art, opening the door to works intended to challenge viewers, rather than simply to aesthetically please.

Student honors

Jonathan Lowry ‘16 receives the JFK Memorial Award for hunger relief work

This Arts & Sciences student helped nearly 5,000 pounds of excess campus food make its way to Ithaca food pantries.

Psychology

The contented shall inherit the Earth. The glum? Not so much.

Cornell Chronicle

Seeking long-term contentment instead of focusing on instant gratification can pay off with a longer life, our scientists are discovering.

Humanities Research

Showcase Highlights ‘Under-Recognized’ Research in Humanities

Cornell Daily Sun

Students presented their research in the humanities and social sciences — ranging from the role of religion in society to how video game players perceive their characters — at the Humanities Showcase in Klarman Hall May 4, as reported by The Cornell Daily Sun.

Music

Music's Mayfest returns May 20–24

Cornell University’s Department of Music, under the artistic direction of pianists Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky, will present its ninth springtime festival of world-class chamber music in Ithaca May 20–24. Mayfest will offer six intimate concerts in four inspiring locations: Cornell’s Barnes Hall, Klarman Hall, Lab of Ornithology, and the Carriage House Café.

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Astronomy

Mars 2020 mission: Students survey rover landing sites

Cornell Chronicle

Cornell students are working with students from six other universities to present their findings to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Physics

Physicist Katja Nowack earns DOE early career award

Cornell Chronicle

Katja C. Nowack, assistant professor of physics in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) to receive $750,000 for research over five years as part of DOE’s Early Career Research Program for her research project, “Magnetic Imaging of Topological Phases of Matter.”

Linguistics & Computer Science

Patrick Niedzielski: 'A liberal arts education gives you the understanding of how your field fits into the larger picture.'

Patrick NiedzielskiLinguistics & Computer ScienceMethuen, MAWhat research projects have you been involved in at Cornell?

Government & Performing & Media Arts

Sam Morrison: 'Stand-up comedy is the most challenging and rewarding task I've taken on.'

Sam MorrisonGovernment & Performing & Media ArtsSarasota, FLWhat accomplishments/activities are you most proud of while at Cornell?

Chemistry

Sophia Lai: 'I loved how beautiful the campus was when I first visited.'

Sophia LaiChemistryTroy, MIWhy did you choose Cornell?I chose Cornell because I loved how beautiful the campus was when I first visited. It was nice to walk down a bridge and be able to look down and see the gorges and hear rushing water. Few schools match Cornell in that department.What is your main extracurricular activity?